Prof. Solomon Ike Okosun

Georgia State University, USA

Email: iokosun@gsu.edu

Qualifications

2011  Tenured Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Georgia State University

1996  Doctor of Philosophy-Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Public Health

1978  Bachelor of Science, North Dakota State University, Science and Mathematics Fargo

1. Okosun IS, Boltri JM, Hepburn V, Eriksen MP. Trends in abdominal obesity in young people: United States 1988-2002. Ethnocity & Disease. Ethnicity & Disease 2006; 16: 338-344. (Refereed)
2. Okosun IS, Boltri JM, Hepburn V, Eriksen MP. Smith M., Regional fat localizations and racial/ethnic variations in odds of hypertension in at-risk American adults. Journal Human Hypertension. 2006; 20: 362-371. (Refereed)
3. Seale JP, Boltri JM, Shellenberger S, Velasquez MM. Cornelius M, Guyinn M, Okosun I, Sumner H. Primary care validation of a single screening question for drinkers. J Stud Alcohol. 2006; 67: 778-784. (Refereed)
4. Boltri JM, Okosun I, Davis-Smith YM, Seale JP, Roman P, Tobin BW. A simple nurse-based prompt increases screening and prevention counseling for diabetes.Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2007; 75: 81-87. (Refereed)
5. Boltri JM, Seale JP, Okosun IS, Ouzts A, Cornelius M, Davis-Smith M. The effects of a patient-based risk assessment prompt on diabetes screening. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2007; 78: 102-107. (Refereed)
6. Boltri JM, Davis-Smith YM, Seale JP, Shellenberger S, Okosun IS, Cornelius ME. Diabetes prevention in a faith-based setting: results of translational research. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2008; 14: 29-32. (Refereed)
7. Seale JP, Guyinn MR, Matthews M, Okosun I, Dent MM. Vital signs screening for alcohol misuse in a rural primary care clinic: a feasibility study. J Rural Health. 2008; 24: 133-5. (Refereed)
8. Gregory AC 2nd, Shendell DG, Okosun IS, Gieseker KE. Multiple Sclerosis disease distribution and potential impact of environmental air pollutants in Georgia. Sci Total Environ. 2008; 396: 42-51. (Refereed)
9. Okosun IS, Bhatt DV, Boltri JM, Ndirangu M. Self-reported and measured height and weight: impact on racial/ethnic differences in hypertension. Ethn Dis. 2008; 18: 415-20. (Refereed).
10. Okosun IS. Metabolic syndrome and C-reactive protein in American adults: the impact of abdominal obesity. Metab Syndr Relat Disord. 2008; 6: 289-97. (Refereed).
11. Okosun IS, Boltri JM. Abdominal obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype and risk of type 2 diabetes in American adults. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews 2008, 2: 273-281. (Refereed).
12. Egwuogu H, Shendell DG, Okosun IS, Goodfellow L. The effect of urinary cadmium on cardiovascular fitness as measured by VO(2) max in white, black and Mexican Americans. Environ Res. 2009 109: 292-300. (Refereed)
13. Okosun IS, Boltri JM, Davis-Smith M, Ndirangu M. Premetabolic syndrome and clustering of cardiometabolic risk factors in White, Black and Mexican American adults. Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews 2009, 3: 143-148. (Refereed)
14. Seale JP, Shellenberger S, Velasquez MM, Boltri JM, Okosun IS, Guyinn M, Vinson D, Cornelius M, Johnson JA. Impact of vital signs screening & clinician prompting on alcohol and tobacco screening and intervention rates: a pre-post intervention comparison. BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 18. (Refereed)
15. Seale JP, Shellenberger S, Sanchez N, Vogel RL, Villalobos E, Girton FS, Seale DM, Okosun IS. Characteristics of Problem Drinking in an Urban South American Indigenous Population. Subst Use Misuse. 2010 Apr 13. (Refereed)
16. Okosun IS, Boltri JM, Lyn R, Davis-Smith M. Continuous metabolic syndrome risk score, body mass index percentile, and leisure time physical activity in american children. Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 2010; 12: 636-44. (Refereed)
17. Okosun IS, Lyn R, Davis-Smith M, Eriksen M, Seale P. Validity of a continuous metabolic risk score as an index for modeling metabolic syndrome in adolescents. Annals of Epidemiology. 2010; 20: 843-51. (Refereed)

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